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Naughty but nice Biography books The Guardian

    https://www.theguardian.com/books/2001/nov/24/biography.art
    Nov 24, 2001 · George Formby David Bret 296pp, Robson Books, £8.99 . ... On tour in South Africa in 1946, Formby played to black audiences despite threats from Daniel Malan, head of …

Post-war years - George Formby

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    They visited South Africa in 1946, and then Australia, which George had been booked to tour in 1940, the war having delayed his arrival until September 1947. From then until the late fifties, he also appeared in New Zealand, Canada, South Africa again, Denmark, Sweden and Norway.

Hay Festival, review: ‘the George Formby of South Africa ...

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    Formby might seem a surprising role model until you see Masekela perform. The South African jazz musician is a born showman. Masekela sings with a wild abandon; he sent flugelhorn lines plunging and soaring; he delighted the audience at the Hay Festival with a string of anecdotes, jokes and social and political statements.

George Formby - IMDb

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    Frank Skinner on George Formby (2011) Entertaining the Troops (2011) ... In 1946 he and wife Beryl Formby arrived in South Africa to embark on a tour when they discovered that they would have to play to segregated audiences. They objected strongly, resulting in the South …

George Formby - Biography - IMDb

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    Born George Hoy Booth in Wigan, Lancashire on 26 May 1904, he later took his father's stage name of George Formby. He briefly attended school where he failed to learn to read or write so was removed from formal education and sent to become a stable boy in Middleham, North Yorkshire, where he later became an apprentice jockey.

Why George Formby was the first modern pop star

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    A perfect riposte to the creep and his the hateful system that was then emerging in South Africa. Post war Formby remained a huge star in the UK until his death in 1961. His funeral saw 100,000 people line the streets, almost as a last hurrah before his fame was lost in the 60s as a new kind of UK emerged from the pre-and-post war world that ...

Why George Formby Was The First Modern Pop Star, By John ...

    https://thequietus.com/articles/04780-why-george-formby-was-the-first-modern-pop-star-by-john-robb
    For Formby himself was no racist. There's a great story from 1946 when he toured the pre-Apartheid South Africa with Beryl. They instantly made an impression by refusing to play racially-segregated venues. This came to a head when Formby embraced a young black audience member who had presented Beryl with a box of chocolates.

Hayes Peoples History: George Formby - Fighting Fascism

    https://ourhistory-hayes.blogspot.com/2016/11/george-formby-fighting-fascism.html
    Nov 30, 2016 · George Formby Fighting Fascism During WW2 "It's Turned Out Nice Again" (Formby also refused to play segregated audiences during a tour of South Africa and was finally expelled from South Africa after police broke down his hotel room and escorted him to the Airport)

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